[SystemSafety] words you cannot use at GM

[Eric Scharpf]

Unfortunately this is not surprising. I have dealt with other US companies which have indicated that any statement acknowledging a non-zero risk from their equipment invites legal damages in potential product liability lawsuits.

Eric Scharpf,
Partner
exida

From: systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de [mailto:systemsafety-bounces at lists.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de] On Behalf Of Matthew Squair
Sent: Wednesday, 21 May 2014 9:46 a.m.
To: Robert Schaefer at 300
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Subject: Re: [SystemSafety] words you cannot use at GM

Good to see George Orwell is still on the curriculum. :)

Matthew Squair

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On 21 May 2014, at 1:05 am, Robert Schaefer at 300 <schaefer_robert at dwc.edu<mailto:schaefer_robert at dwc.edu>> wrote:

"safety" is one of those words.

http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/05/16/the-69-words-you-cant-use-at-gm/​
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